Reposted by KylePaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star. 292211633
Reposted by KyleMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026This new, shocking action by the US Administration just one part of a portfolio of severe taxes and restrictions on high-skill immigration to the United States. The resulting blow to our ability to attract global talent, and thus for the US economy to innovate & grow, will be terrible & permanent. 1753154
Reposted by KyleMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel. 21434715
Reposted by KylePaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/07/2026Fifty years ago today. The first clear image of the surface of Mars ever taken, acquired by the Viking 1 lander in an expansive, flat plain called Chryse Planitia. 616832
Reposted by KyleESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 11/04/2026🛰️ Our European Service Module has successfully separated from Orion's crew module! 🚀 After propelling the spacecraft over 1 million km in deep space, it will now burn up in Earth's atmosphere, as the astronauts continue their journey home 🌍 15708163
Reposted by KyleTalia al Ghoul 🏳️⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Oh *wow*! Look at the pictures of the eclipse with Orion in frame! Sources: images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... 426071
Reposted by KyleRedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176806051
Reposted by KyleMichael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 31/12/2025The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today. 122130474237
Reposted by KyleJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename. 135106221481
Reposted by KyleEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...jpl.nasa.govNASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s SurfacePreliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver. 210932
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025I wonder how beavers feel about PhD research about permafrost... 2100
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 02/08/2025My friend's book debuts today, available via ebook or paperback! Check it out! 090
Reposted by KyleKimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 30/07/2025I am *so* excited to see this mission launch! Earlier this year I spoke with several #NISAR scientists about how this satellite is going to change the game, and it really is going to be a data powerhouse for understanding the Earth system. 🧪🛰️❄️🌳 eos.org/articles/tra...eos.org“Transformational” Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Surface Changes - EosThe mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around the globe. 0104
Reposted by KyleEos @eos.org · 30/07/2025Liftoff! The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. #NISAR will scan the entire globe twice every 12 days to measure changes in Earth’s ecosystems, cryosphere, and land surface. “It’s orbiting magic.” —Alex Gardner, NASAJPL eos.org/articles/tra... 15521
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025I've been waiting for #NISAR to launch for many years... looking forward to what it can provide the world of earth observation! Have a safe ride uphill! 160
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I remember reading about comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter in the newspaper and seeing clips on the news. (I may still have some of those articles in my scrapbook!) Absolutely wild to see an impact scar on Jupiter the size of the Earth! 030
Reposted by KyleTony Dunn @tony873004.bsky.social · 15/05/2025#asteroid #Apophis, at naked-eye brightness (mag 3.1) races across Barcelona's night sky on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2029 as it comes closer to Earth than our geosynchronous satellites. 34510
Reposted by KyleKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/04/2025“Do you know of any challenge in the history of humankind that was successfully overcome that began with pessimism and defeatism? There isn’t. So optimism is a choice.” — Christiana Figueres, who knows what it looks like to tackle seemingly impossible challenge – and succeed! 1130872
Reposted by KyleESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 10/04/2025The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the engulfment of a planet by its star – thought to be the first observation of its kind! Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/plane... 🔭 🧪 513727
Reposted by KyleRêves d'espace @revesdespace.eurosky.social · 07/04/2025Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit 311237
Reposted by KyleDocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 12/03/2025Who do you really trust to carry the next message in a bottle? And will anyone be left listening when it comes back? 1065149
Reposted by KyleJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do. 8645421810
Reposted by KyleZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/03/2025Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"science.orgNOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecastingDismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions 331113538
Reposted by KyleESO @eso.org · 22/02/2025#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂 Streamed here buff.ly/3EYIpFH 📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO 0305
Reposted by KyleJudith Lynne @judithlynne.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I've told this story about my early education on fascism before but not on Bluesky. I vividly recall doing a project in school about history. Maybe I wanted to do the Korean War because I was a big MASH fan. That I don't recall. My physics teacher arranged for me to do a live interview... 🧵 39938
Reposted by KyleGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I stand with the trans community. Pass it along. 514284637027
Reposted by KyleSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different. 874283218792
Reposted by KyleChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/02/2025Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough 273125001278
Reposted by KyleLost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 01/02/2025Happy Black History Month! Here is my favorite story about a Black American you may not know about: Robert Smalls. He commandeered a confederate ship and sailed himself, his family, and the other enslaved crew and their families to freedom. THROUGH waters controlled by the Confederacy. 622267064642
Reposted by KyleYell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it 188127183807
Reposted by KyleDon Haas (formerly Don Duggan-Haas) @drdonhaas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A nice piece on PRI and the Museum of the Earth by a current Cornell student who has been touched by PRI's work. See related link in the first comment. cornellsun.com/2025/01/20/g...cornellsun.comGUEST ROOM | A Plea for the Museum of the EarthThe Museum of the Earth, however, is in imminent danger of closing its doors. After more than 90 years of contributions to paleontological research and over two decades of service to the Ithaca and Co... 151
Reposted by KyleCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 20/01/2025“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King 4544914112504
Reposted by KyleClaire Lamman @clairelamman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!! 1233777868
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I thought this art was excellent... even better that it's from an @rittigers.bsky.social artist! Fantastic work, @dirtmossart.bsky.social ! #agu24 2121
Reposted by KyleDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I presented my #AGU24 talk this morning and wanted to summarize my take homes. 20 yrs ago I created the Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX) to experimentally push hydrology into wetter and drier modes. CO2 emissions are remarkable stable while CH4 is very high with flooding. 1/ 417733
Reposted by KyleMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I return to this poem often, and have posted it around my neighborhood when the times call for it. Today is as good as any day to return to it. 161752464
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Some of the nice things about #AGU24 being local are that I don't have to book a hotel, can still see family, etc. They're also the most challenging things. 75% of what I want to see is first thing in the morning, while I'm still getting my family going for the day and riding the Metro downtown. 180
Reposted by KyleDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Permafrost contains 50% of all the soil carbon found on Earth (upper 3 meters). We need to keep that carbon in the ground. Fast permafrost facts to kick off the Permafrost Carbon Network meeting. 211934
Kyle @scikyle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Patiently awaiting the launch of Sentinel-1C... Sentinel-1A is getting lonely up there! #sentinel1 090
Reposted by KyleDr. Shawna Pandya @shawnapandya.bsky.social · 30/11/2024For the scientists and researchers out there: the call to put science aboard our IIAS research spaceflight with Virgin Galactic is now open - check it out! 🚀✨️ astronauticsinstitute.org/wp-content/u... We are also holding a community Q&A Dec 18 @ 0900 PST - sign up here: forms.gle/Uh7tSqCzaSXK...astronauticsinstitute.org 031
Reposted by KylePaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 24/11/2024Oh, this? Just sunlight reflecting off a lake. A lake of liquid methane. On an icy world 1.4 billion kilometres away. 944062